The distribution of balance ratios by impairment category, as summarized in Table 26 below, suggests that OOD has continued to serve individuals with cognitive and psychosocial impairments at a high rate. However, this occurs in conjunction with significant negative balance ratios for the other four impairment categories, most notably communicative impairments. This reflects OOD’s concentration in recent years in providing services to individuals with cognitive and psychosocial impairments through the Employment First partnership interagency agreement with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities and engagement with county behavioral health authorities. Each of these populations has an organized representative presence through established county boards across Ohio.

Table 26 - Number of Counties by Impairment and OOD Service Balance Ratio Difference Range

Range

Cognitive

Communicative

Hearing

Physical

Psychosocial

Visual

Less than -5.0%

0

81

39

67

9

40

-5.0% to -0.1%

2

5

40

15

11

45

0.0% to 5.0%

6

2

9

3

19

3

Greater than 5.0%

80

0

0

3

49

0

The link below will open Table 27, providing the balance ratio for each category of impairment in each Ohio county.